The IRS announced that taxpayers can find information about tax-exempt organizations in a new online search tool called Exempt Organizations Select Check If charitable giving is important to you, you may want to do some investigating to ensure that the charities you...

A pet trust, which ensures care for the horse if the owner gets sick or dies, is often the best way to ensure the horse’s care. Trusts can be remarkably powerful tools to provide for all members of the family, especially the ones most in need of care. This includes...

It’s official. The Indiana inheritance tax is repealed for deaths after Dec. 31, 2021. The Indiana inheritance tax is officially on its way out the door. What does this mean for other states? For some taxpayers, wealth transfer planning has required two layers of tax...

If you're helping out a financially stressed relative in this still-lousy economy, you may be entitled to some tax breaks. Taking care of your elderly loved ones is a difficult task. It can be emotionally difficult, as well as financially crippling. In honor of...

Death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin aptly noted that these are the only two certainties in life. Mr. Franklin perhaps should have added a footnote regarding the paperwork both certainties generate. A New York Times blog (The New Old Age) recently published a “public...